He struggled but qualified for the “16” of Indian Wells n Maria Sakkari.
The leading Greek tennis player prevailed with an upset (3-6, 6-2, 6-4). her Angelina Kalinina in two hours and 29 minutes.
The Ukrainian entered the game impressively, took advantage of Sakkari’s mistakes and made a break, comfortably making it 3-0. He then came one breath away from ending the first set early, counting four lost set points, but the Greek made it 5-3. Kalinina continued strong and ended the first set 6-3.
Sakkari also struggled in the second set, with her opponent breaking for 2-1, but from then on she picked up the pace. Not only immediately on the break in the same way, but he broke serve twice more of Ukraine, making it 6-3.
The third set almost started badly, after Kalinina reached a break point that was stopped by Sakkari. The two players each had a break afterwards and reached 2-2, with the Greek taking the tenth game after a great fight for the 2-1 set with 6-4.
The next opponent for Sakkari will be Pliskovawhich prevailed 2-0 against Kundermetova.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN??@mariasakkari earns the win over Kalinina in a three set contest!#TennisParadise pic.twitter.com/hpVGx0h8Dq
— wta (@WTA) March 12, 2023
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